Gary Russell

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  • EAST SIDE CHURCH IS CHANGING TIMES WITH THE TIMES
  • Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:42:46 +0000
  • East Side Church has met on Monday nights for nearly 10 years at what was once considered the standard excepted meeting time of 7:00P.M.  However, times have changed and in a recent discussion with our Body we discovered that most all of our folks have to get up on Tuesday morning at some unbelievably early [...]
  • Mass Transit For Business – Really?
  • Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:32:05 +0000
  • So the intention of this blog was to share my experiences of conducting business using mass transit.  My particular mass transit system is Tri-Met, operated by Metro, which seems to be something artificially created by the government that is not state, not county, not city, but which has an amazing amount of autonomous power over [...]
  • MOST OF ALL…I HATE THE FALL
  • Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:37:07 +0000
  • ...to me fall represents the end of fun. Shorter days and longer pants and sleeves.
  • "RELUCTANT GREEN" – Preface
  • Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:01:21 +0000
  • That’s why “Going Green” is such a hard transition for me. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the little blue ball we call home; it’s just that I don’t appreciate all of the superfluous hype that surrounds the movement.
  • BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
  • Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:06:53 +0000
  • Somewhere along the line, even with the advent of the internet and information overload, we have to decide that somebody else can be a better widget technician than we can, and that they are not going to rip us off.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

  • Ex-Murdoch aide Brooks arrested; Police chief out (AP)
  • Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:07:24 GMT
  • FILE - Former Chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks leaves a hotel in central London, in this Sunday, July 10, 2011 file photo.  Sky television sources reported on Sunday July 17 2011 that Brookes had been arrested by police investigating a phone hacking and corruption scandal that has engulfed Rupert Murdoch's British media company. Scotland Yard confirmed that a 43 year old woman had been arrested. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)AP - An intensifying voicemail hacking and police bribery scandal cut closer than ever to Rupert Murdoch and Scotland Yard on Sunday with the arrest of the media magnate's former British newspaper chief and the resignation of London's police commissioner.


  • Killing of adviser another blow to Afghan leader (AP)
  • Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:11:43 GMT
  • Afghanistan's security forces walk near the site where attackers murdered a senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. A team of attackers murdered a senior adviser to Karzai in a raid on his Kabul home on Sunday along with a visiting lawmaker, a police spokesman told AFP.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Gunmen strapped with explosives killed a close adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a member of parliament on Sunday in another insurgent strike against the Afghan leader's inner circle.


  • Parties assess debt options as time runs short (AP)
  • Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:24:03 GMT
  • President Barack Obama walks away from the podium after a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The White House held out hope Sunday that congressional leaders still had time "to get something big done" with President Barack Obama as the deadline for raising the nation's debt ceiling drew nearer without a solution.


  • Casey Anthony lies low on first day of freedom (AP)
  • Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:14:54 GMT
  • Casey Anthony, right, climbs into an SUV with her lawyer Jose Baez, left, after her release from the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday, July 17, 2011.  Anthony was acquitted last week of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - This is what freedom looks like for Casey Anthony: $537.68 from her jail account, no job, estranged parents, a criminal record, lawsuits pending against her and the hatred of multitudes who think she got away with murder.


  • Perry's credentials: As conservative as they come (AP)
  • Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:57:09 GMT
  • FILE - In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the 28th annual National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in San Antonio.   Perry has phoned influential Republicans in early voting New Hampshire and Iowa in recent days as he weighs whether to enter the race for the GOP presidential nomination.  (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File)AP - Should Rick Perry conclude that voter discontent has left him an opening to enter the presidential race, the longtime Texas governor would be among the GOP field's most conservative candidates.